by Pete Michaels | Jul 12, 2016 | Leadership |
Delegating is not about ordering your employees to do something. Think empowering. One of the most important reasons employees remain with their company is because they have been given responsibility. You can think of this as the ability to make decisions AND to make...
by Pete Michaels | Jun 10, 2016 | Leadership |
Many of you hold regular meetings either with your staff or certainly with your management team. And there is probably an annual multi-day strategic planning retreat on the calendar as well. How many times have you been in a meeting like this or reflected on it...
by Pete Michaels | Jan 21, 2015 | Leadership |
As I lead my two CEO peer groups I learn as much as my members, whether it is in a one-to-one executive coaching session or in our all day monthly meeting. Here is an example. In a recent one-to-one my member was sharing his financials with me and venting that his...
by Pete Michaels | Aug 23, 2014 | Leadership |
Every year I create a Reflection Retreat for my CEO members realizing that they do not or will not take any time for themselves to sit quietly and reflect on their business. Briefly the day looks like this. I find an environment in nature where there are few...
by Pete Michaels | Jul 15, 2014 | Leadership |
In a BloombergBusinessweek article by Nicholas Pearce he cited three characteristics that made Nelson Mandela a respected and influential leader. #1 – Leadership is behavioral, not positional One can lead without a formal title. Mandela only served as President...
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